Beans are a simple staple that can turn everyday dinners into something warm and comforting without stretching your budget.

Zaynab Issa’s curried red bean soup with kale riffs on minestrone with heady spices like cumin, coriander and turmeric ...

New Orleanians ate red beans and rice on Mondays because it was laundry day, and they cooked their red beans on the stove while the wash water heated. Or maybe it’s because they needed to use the ...

A classic Southern dish with red beans, sausage, and spices served with fluffy white rice. Main ingredients: red beans, ...

There are plenty of famous New Orleans dishes that you should try when visiting the historic city. You can grab a po'boy or muffuletta for lunch and satisfy your sweet tooth with a beignet for dessert ...

The combination of red beans and rice is one of the southeast Louisiana’s defining dishes. Historically, Mondays were wash days, and red beans were the perfect thing to cook, utilizing the hambone ...

I’ve had a mild obsession with red beans and rice since my first visit to New Orleans ages ago. There’s nothing better than that smoky, savory, soupy stew surrounding a tall mound of fluffy rice. It’s ...

The just-republished "Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Handmade Cookin'" ($16.95, Pelican Publishing) has two recipes for red beans and rice, for which Buster Holmes was famous. The ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...